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Recent Examples of pothole
Drivers know about potholes, frost heaves and pavement erosion long before the government organization in charge of the roads does.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Bengals worth 'driving over 1,000 potholes' Multiple commenters stressed the importance of keeping the Bengals in Cincinnati.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
Gravel and sheets of metal have piled in the parking lot alongside potholes, tall grass, weeds and erosion.
—Taylor O’Connor 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
This summer is about dodging financial potholes and enduring screensaver-worthy traffic.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Bengals worth 'driving over 1,000 potholes' Multiple commenters stressed the importance of keeping the Bengals in Cincinnati.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
Gravel and sheets of metal have piled in the parking lot alongside potholes, tall grass, weeds and erosion.
—Taylor O’Connor 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
This summer is about dodging financial potholes and enduring screensaver-worthy traffic.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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Mexico City — The governments of Mexico and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to fund and expedite several wastewater treatment projects in the Tijuana River basin.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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By taking down part of the old dike and building a new one farther back, the project has given the river some breathing room, expanding the floodplain.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Fall-run Chinook salmon have adapted to thrive in the floodplains that used to sweep through the Sacramento Valley.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Most of Camp 25 happened to be spread along the bottom of a ravine.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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But the armed groups that succeeded him still control huge swathes of the surrounding hills, where the Garcia ravine that claimed Sara Millerey weaves around dusty apartment blocks.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Excellent guide/driver combos take guests off-roading on geological Big 5 safari drives to see salt flats, geysers at 14,000 feet, canyons and dunes that rival Jordan and Utah, and a string of volcanoes that make this part of Chile one of the most active sites in the world.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
28 July 2025
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Olde Tyme Kettle Korn: Between the kettle corn, caramel kettle corn and roasted peanuts, this booth sells out every year, Luv’s Brownies: Freshly baked brownies, ice cream and coffee drinks.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 2024, the brand unveiled a limited-edition Tea Kettle Collective, which entailed debuting one new tea kettle every day for 15 consecutive days.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
17 July 2025
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There are garments worn by clergy in the late 18th century and religious totems, and items used by explorers from around the same general time period: a saddle, a tobacco pouch, a cooking griddle, and things like a pistol and gunpowder horn.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
4 Aug. 2025
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Jumping worms: Another species of earthworm, these worms can grow up to seven inches in length and are often brown, with a light, cream-colored saddle, according to the N.C. State Extension.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
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Bell died on July 26, 1959 in a crevasse on the glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, BAS reported in a news release.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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If one of us falls into a crevasse, the guide will fish us out with a rope.—
Jesse James McTigue,
Outside Online,
20 Mar. 2025
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Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Three rock climbers were ascending a sport climbing route in a Colorado gulch when one of them fell to their death, officials said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
30 July 2025
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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